Technology Basics

... just the essentials to get you started

Email.

Every employee and student is assigned an email address to which all official communication is sent. Our supported email management program is Thunderbird, and you can also access your email through your web browser

Getting Software

Under the college's current Microsoft Agreement, up for renewal in June of 2017, the standard office productivity suite is available to everyone on campus through a site license. Other software is also available for free download ... more

Online courses: Wheaton onCourseThe central system for online aspects of courses taught at Wheaton -- for everything from posted syllabi to collaborative databases. You can also learn more about onCourse here.

For up to the minute IT and Critical IT Alerts follow us @WheatonSupport on Twitter or visit our website

Most scheduled maintenance, especially Banner maintenance, will be performed during our normal Thursday evening maintenance window

IT ALERT: OUTAGE: Network & Telephone

Who: Wheaton College Faculty, Staff, and Students

What: All Networking and campus telephones (in select locations)

Where: Lindens, Bittersweet, Everett, Old Science Center Flrs 2&3

Why: UPS replacements

When: Thursday, April 2nd from 4:30pm to 8:30pm

Details:

Campus networking and campus telephones in Lindens, Bittersweet, Science Center (Old) 2nd & 3rd Floor, and Everett will be interrupted for UPS replacement on Thursday, April 2nd, from 4:30pm to 8:30pm. During this time the network will be unavailable in both location.

At this time the college standard supported operating system is Mac OS 10.9x Mavericks. We are currently researching the new Mac OS 10.10 named Yosemite. Once our research is complete and we are ready to provide support for this OS we will update our website of supported software (College Standard Supported Software) and all new/replacement college computers will include the new OS. If you install this version before we research it not all current applications or network services may work.

New iOS 8.0 for iPhones/iPads/iPods:

We have been made aware that there are issues with iPhones/iPads/iPods that have updated to iOS 8.0 connecting to or staying connected to wireless networks. Until we research these issues further and resolutions or a workaround can be found we are not suggesting that devices be upgraded at this time. If you have already updated to this version please be aware that you may have problems connecting to wireless networks or you may experience being dropped from time to time.